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to and in, on the other hand you are contributing more to a problem or as much to the problem of the big deficit. >> government cannot create wealth. we came out of three years where government has told us by spending massive amounts, it could actually create jobs and hence create wealth. we've seen it work. >> history is full of examples. reagan years saw tax cuts and growing economy. clinton years saw tax hikes and growing economy. economic trends a culmination of trillions of exchange of goods, services and money. no one person, no president and no economist can predict with certainty where a tax policy leads. wrong predictions or a foundation of economic study. >> the science of economics is looking what unintended consequences. >> one consequence, they made a tax on luxury goods, jewelry over $10,000. of cars over $30,000 and on boats have over $100,000. it was seen as a way to raise revenues by targeting the wealthy. as a result, car importers lost 20% of the market share and pleasure boat industry laid off 19,000 blue collar workers. so there are answers but few guarantees of succ
to and in, on the other hand you are contributing more to a problem or as much to the problem of the big deficit. >> government cannot create wealth. we came out of three years where government has told us by spending massive amounts, it could actually create jobs and hence create wealth. we've seen it work. >> history is full of examples. reagan years saw tax cuts and growing economy. clinton years saw tax hikes and growing economy. economic trends a culmination of trillions of...
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if you're going dream, dream big. it's free. >> pelley: alwash is lobbying parliament to make his boyhood home iraq's first national park. but no matter how big the dream, the marshes will never be what they once were. upstream, as far as turkey and syria, there are more than 30 dams diverting water. there's a serious drought right now. and oil has been discovered here; exploration will surely follow. still, about 50% of the marshes have been re-flooded. the land of civilizations past has a future again. since our story first aired, alwash has been working to build an eco-tourism camp in the marshes, and is planning to welcome his first visitors next march. >> cbs money watch update sponsored by: >> good evening. a funding dispute in congress has partially shut down the f.a.a. it furloughed thousands of non-essential workers and stopped collecting airline ticket taxes. gas held steady at $3.70 a gallon, up 7 cents in two weeks. and "captain america" toppled "harry potter" at the weekend box office. i'm laura o'donnell
if you're going dream, dream big. it's free. >> pelley: alwash is lobbying parliament to make his boyhood home iraq's first national park. but no matter how big the dream, the marshes will never be what they once were. upstream, as far as turkey and syria, there are more than 30 dams diverting water. there's a serious drought right now. and oil has been discovered here; exploration will surely follow. still, about 50% of the marshes have been re-flooded. the land of civilizations past has...
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. >> reporter: in minnesota state parks, the big holiday weekend is a big bust. campers looking forward to a getaway were told instead to get lost. >> well, it's ridiculous. >> it's sad. >> it should never get to that. >> reporter: the closed parks a casualty of the state's budget crisis. so many services arehut down. even industries like logging are grinding to a halt because those trees are on public property. in all, 25,000 state workers laid off.. at the capitol, now closed to the public, minnesota's democratic governor and republican leaders could not agree on fixing a $5 billion budget gap. >> i'm not getting an income now. i don't think any of them should think it necessary for them to have an income either until this is settled. >> reporter: minnesota is the first state to actually shut down much of its government. but many others from new jersey to california are also making painful cuts. at this state park near minneapolis, k ken johnson had planned to spend a week camping with her family. getting ejected left her fuming. >> i think the government needs
. >> reporter: in minnesota state parks, the big holiday weekend is a big bust. campers looking forward to a getaway were told instead to get lost. >> well, it's ridiculous. >> it's sad. >> it should never get to that. >> reporter: the closed parks a casualty of the state's budget crisis. so many services arehut down. even industries like logging are grinding to a halt because those trees are on public property. in all, 25,000 state workers laid off.. at the...
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and i love the big east basketball tournament. a couple years ago, two of our teams played six overtimes. they were so exhausted, they weren't very competitive in the ncaa. but we insisted that they play until they dropped. my native state, the yuste of arkansas was involved with kentucky a few years ago in a football game that went to six overtimes and the score was 71-63, it sounded like basketball. it's fun to watch, but it's not a good model for the way society has to work. woe don't require there to be a lot of losers. now, what does it mean for where we are now? in contrast to the vision the president has laid out of shared prosperity and shared responsibilities and a deeply widening community, the current govepbing philosophy of the republicans in congress is that america would be just fine if we can weaken the government more. the government is the source of all our problems. there is no such thing as a good tax, no such good thing as a regular laying, no such thing as a bad deregulation. all these programs are a waste of
and i love the big east basketball tournament. a couple years ago, two of our teams played six overtimes. they were so exhausted, they weren't very competitive in the ncaa. but we insisted that they play until they dropped. my native state, the yuste of arkansas was involved with kentucky a few years ago in a football game that went to six overtimes and the score was 71-63, it sounded like basketball. it's fun to watch, but it's not a good model for the way society has to work. woe don't...
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. >> reporter: the last 48 hours this investigation has gone from about this big to this big. some officials may have already been caught lying. not only that, now we're told u.s. wasn't just helping send guns to mexico, taxpayers paid for some of those guns. and more than one federal agency knew about it. that's the latest in the scandal we know as fast and furious. according to sources an f.b.i. informant allegedly used taxpayer money to buy guns on behalf of the cartels, the f.b.i. knew it, they allowed it to happen and they failed to tell congress or the agency that was investigating him, causing that agency, the atf to spend two years, thousands of man-hours and millions of dollars pursuing information the f.b.i. already had about a man, the atf would never be allowed to arrest because he worked for the f.b.i. this information was confirmed this week sources say by the acting atf director ken nelson who met secretly on july 4th with congressman darrell issa and senator charles grassley. nelson who is going to be the fall guy in this scandal dropped a few bombs in his depo
. >> reporter: the last 48 hours this investigation has gone from about this big to this big. some officials may have already been caught lying. not only that, now we're told u.s. wasn't just helping send guns to mexico, taxpayers paid for some of those guns. and more than one federal agency knew about it. that's the latest in the scandal we know as fast and furious. according to sources an f.b.i. informant allegedly used taxpayer money to buy guns on behalf of the cartels, the f.b.i....
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big story. so terrorists starting to perhaps go high-tech and now there are some brand-new efforts to stop them from gang access to our most class fired secrets by launching hack attacks. holding hearings on the growing cyber-security case we now face. catherine joins me now. >> the former cia director told lawmakers the next pearl harbor will likely be a cyber attack. in some cases thousands of times every day government computer are being hacked and the primary culprit is china. >> we have been attacked during my opening statement thousands of time. because one doesn't appear to to be as big as pearl harbor doesn't change the fact that sooner or later america will have to respond in a more aggressive faction to some and be prepared offensively for others. >> reporter: recently the obama administration said loss of a electrical grid or communication network would undermine public confidence and in some cases create panic. >> the critical infrastructure element attached to the networks can becom
big story. so terrorists starting to perhaps go high-tech and now there are some brand-new efforts to stop them from gang access to our most class fired secrets by launching hack attacks. holding hearings on the growing cyber-security case we now face. catherine joins me now. >> the former cia director told lawmakers the next pearl harbor will likely be a cyber attack. in some cases thousands of times every day government computer are being hacked and the primary culprit is china....
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the officials with the reservation have taken a big hit. here's what one had to say. >> there's always hope that the damage to our reservation particularly, our timber area, our forest area would be protected. unfortunately, mother nature is the one that is driving this fire and in control of it. >> reporter: again, no structures burned. the people of los alamos, 12,000 people who are all evacuated on monday of this week, should hear tomorrow whether they can return. we are thinking sunday, perhaps monday at the latest. >> gregg: dan springer, thanks very much. >> the big question is, are these folks going to get relief from the hot, dry weather? maria molina following that in the fox weather center. >> we are seeing showers and thunderstorm firing up around the region. nothing in los alamos. across the state of new mexico showers and storms continue to fire up not just this afternoon but the next several days. we are headed into something call the north american monsoon season. over the next several months we are going to see an increase i
the officials with the reservation have taken a big hit. here's what one had to say. >> there's always hope that the damage to our reservation particularly, our timber area, our forest area would be protected. unfortunately, mother nature is the one that is driving this fire and in control of it. >> reporter: again, no structures burned. the people of los alamos, 12,000 people who are all evacuated on monday of this week, should hear tomorrow whether they can return. we are thinking...
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that could be hurt. >> big time. if we lose our triple a rating, it's absolutely going to affect every dollar in this chrism there is no way around it. so everything that we need is going to cost us more. you can remember that our country runs -- we borrow 43% in order for us to survive. any household or any business -- if this is a business, our country was a business, borrowing 43% to survive, i'd shut it down. it doesn't work. >> gregg: all right. i want to ask you about this 'cause i was talking to a gentleman in a department store two days ago. 86 years old. he really needs his social security check. he's really, really worried about that. the president has sort of suggested that he might have to cut off social security checks. how realistic is that? >> i hate this. i hate the scare tactics that this man continues to do. if you are over 55 years old, you are not impacted by this. it's for the people under 55 who will have a choice in the matter. that's reality. what he's doing is trying to rattle everybody's cag
that could be hurt. >> big time. if we lose our triple a rating, it's absolutely going to affect every dollar in this chrism there is no way around it. so everything that we need is going to cost us more. you can remember that our country runs -- we borrow 43% in order for us to survive. any household or any business -- if this is a business, our country was a business, borrowing 43% to survive, i'd shut it down. it doesn't work. >> gregg: all right. i want to ask you about this...
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the buttons are nice and big and colorful. so kids can figure out how to use them easily. >> rick: ava, what do you think of that one? do you like it? >> yeah. >> ava is hold ago disney camera you can print your favorite princess into your camera. >> rick: you want that one? >> the leg goes go camera, that's for 7 and up. but it was very popular with our kid testers. in fact, a lot of grownups at "consumer reports" really liked that camera, too. it's leggo. it's so cool. >> rick: my kids watch my wife and me taking pictures and they want to do the same thing. >> they're great because they're easy to use for the kids. they don't take the big quality pictures, but it doesn't matter, because they have fun playing with them. >> rick: this is a company that i recognize. they make a lot of great stuff. i'll give this one to ava. >> this is our top pick for younger kids. it has all the bells and whistles that the other cameras have. it's also a gaming machine. it has a couple built-in games and has settings that you can set and a vol
the buttons are nice and big and colorful. so kids can figure out how to use them easily. >> rick: ava, what do you think of that one? do you like it? >> yeah. >> ava is hold ago disney camera you can print your favorite princess into your camera. >> rick: you want that one? >> the leg goes go camera, that's for 7 and up. but it was very popular with our kid testers. in fact, a lot of grownups at "consumer reports" really liked that camera, too. it's...
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what about the big picture at cia? you know, given the fact that eric holder made a couple of moves, we all remember when he wanted to hold the trials of the accused 9/11 terrorists here in new york, he lost eventually on that endeavor, then he wanted to interrogate these cia officers, as well, ended up losing basically or dropping the whole thing, eventually. how do you think he's doing? >> look, at a point in time, martha, where we have more and more terrorist attacks, attempted in our country, from domestic sources of al-qaeda plants, we want our national security and counterterrorism professionals not to be looking behind their shoulder, wondering whether the next administration is going to second-guess their moves that were authorized by law in the doj lawyers, and so i think it's demoralizing, it has been demoralizing for some of these folks, some of whom i know. going forward i hope they feel like the cloud is away from them. but we can't keep going two steps forward and three backwards in terms of giving them t
what about the big picture at cia? you know, given the fact that eric holder made a couple of moves, we all remember when he wanted to hold the trials of the accused 9/11 terrorists here in new york, he lost eventually on that endeavor, then he wanted to interrogate these cia officers, as well, ended up losing basically or dropping the whole thing, eventually. how do you think he's doing? >> look, at a point in time, martha, where we have more and more terrorist attacks, attempted in our...
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he comes from a wig state with a big base. bachmann moves up 4 in this poll compared to where she was four weeks ago. this comes from palin who lost 3 points, dropped behind bachmann. santorum lost 3, herman cain lost 3, tim pawlenty lost 2. undecided dropped 2. so this is -- they got it from everywhere. they got it from all the lesser lights that had their moment in the sun. bill: is it just press coverage or is it more than that? is it the message? >> reporter: the message is press coverage. so the question is how durable this is going to be. each one of these candidates is out some time, herman cain moved up in the polls and got a certain notoriety in the debates and moved back in the polls. bill: if you put mitt romney head-to-head with barack obama today he stilled holds an edge over romney by 6 points, which is where i think he was a month ago. that has not changed. does that surprise you? >> reporter: whenever you have an incumbent president of the united states who is so widely and well known below 50% is a danger sign
he comes from a wig state with a big base. bachmann moves up 4 in this poll compared to where she was four weeks ago. this comes from palin who lost 3 points, dropped behind bachmann. santorum lost 3, herman cain lost 3, tim pawlenty lost 2. undecided dropped 2. so this is -- they got it from everywhere. they got it from all the lesser lights that had their moment in the sun. bill: is it just press coverage or is it more than that? is it the message? >> reporter: the message is press...
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you've got big cuts, and you've got extra revenue. so it is a compromise, and you're running out of time. that august 2nd deadline is very, very close and to get this plan how you've got to move quickly because you've got to legislate, pass, vote, implement. bill: can they do that in the time they have lift? >> frankly, bill, it's doubtful. you think you can write the tax code in a couple of days? the highly unlikely. but you can see how republicans would probably go for reducing tax rates. it's hard for me to see how democrats could go for reducing tax rates. bill: now, before we fish here, though, this cut, cap and balance thing that passed in the house, that was all the talk over the past week. would that survive a senate vote or, ultimately, is it vetoed by the white house? >> i've not heard anybody who has said it will pass in the senate. that's, essentially, a symbolic move, and it's dead as of now. that's why there's so such attention on this gang of six plan. bill: we shall see. stuart, we'll see you on fox business network, o
you've got big cuts, and you've got extra revenue. so it is a compromise, and you're running out of time. that august 2nd deadline is very, very close and to get this plan how you've got to move quickly because you've got to legislate, pass, vote, implement. bill: can they do that in the time they have lift? >> frankly, bill, it's doubtful. you think you can write the tax code in a couple of days? the highly unlikely. but you can see how republicans would probably go for reducing tax...
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i don't care how big they are. they actually do want to listen to adults when adults have something that they're interested in them. >> what advice do you give your kid if they're pushed around, bullied, see a fight or wander into a fight? >> truthfully, they actually have to depend on the system and the system has to be dependable. parents, we need you -- we need you to understand when you tell your child to do something that's going to get them suspended, it's going to get them suspended. you have to think about that. if you don't want your child thrown out of a building, you have to give them behavioral cues that will keep them in the building. >> you have to tell them you'll stick up for them. >> no doubt. >> talk to teachers and principals and guys like you, saying my kid has a problem. the school has to hfipgf. >> steve perry is our education contributor. headlines are next. alone there was a 93% increase in cyber attacks.lone in financial transactions... on devices... in social interactions... and applicatio
i don't care how big they are. they actually do want to listen to adults when adults have something that they're interested in them. >> what advice do you give your kid if they're pushed around, bullied, see a fight or wander into a fight? >> truthfully, they actually have to depend on the system and the system has to be dependable. parents, we need you -- we need you to understand when you tell your child to do something that's going to get them suspended, it's going to get them...
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week of corporate earnings reports on wall street, but every week is a big week for big oil. there's never a shortage of outrage with high gas prices and struggling u.s. economy. this is how much each of these oil giants earned on average per day in profits in this last quarter. america's largest oil corporation, the largest, more rags and production company, exxon mobil, earned more than $117 million per day. in 2010 alone it made $30.5 billion and it is the most profitable company in the world according to rankings from "fortune." royal dutch shell the largest oil company in europe raked in more than $95 million each and every day in the quarter and profits were -- the total profits as we'll see right now, were a lot bigger than that. bp, bouncing back after the oil spill in the gulf last year, the company made about $58 million a day after posting a $5.3 billion profit for the quarter. later this morning, chevron will report its second-quarter profits. the company made $19 billion in 2010, making its third most profitable company in the world. christine? >> all right. that
week of corporate earnings reports on wall street, but every week is a big week for big oil. there's never a shortage of outrage with high gas prices and struggling u.s. economy. this is how much each of these oil giants earned on average per day in profits in this last quarter. america's largest oil corporation, the largest, more rags and production company, exxon mobil, earned more than $117 million per day. in 2010 alone it made $30.5 billion and it is the most profitable company in the...
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i never thought that was a big deal. i'm surprised about the turn at trial where everyone is fighting over the searches. >> all right. a lot of people interesteded in this, obviously, linda kennedy badon and sonny hosten thanks so much >>> coming up, the fcc gives stephen colbert the go-ahead to start a political action committee. you could say he's a pacman. we'll show you the time we put him on the ridiculist. it's one of our the ridiculist classics. that's next. 6 bile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. you want that? you want a warm, super-delicious strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat sure you do. hey! you can have the pop tart! pillsbury toaster strude
i never thought that was a big deal. i'm surprised about the turn at trial where everyone is fighting over the searches. >> all right. a lot of people interesteded in this, obviously, linda kennedy badon and sonny hosten thanks so much >>> coming up, the fcc gives stephen colbert the go-ahead to start a political action committee. you could say he's a pacman. we'll show you the time we put him on the ridiculist. it's one of our the ridiculist classics. that's next. 6 bile would...
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her mom said she knew he'd be big but not this big. dak tors attribute his large size to gestational diabetes. his mom said he'll be fine. his dad says he sees football in his son's future. oh, yes. >> 16 pounds? >> 16 pounds. >> jermichael. she gave birth to a small man? >> what? >> that's giving birth to a small man, if they're that size. >> all right. >>> time now for our rediculist. tonight we're adding the octomom haters. all those who dare to disparage single mom nadya suleman who hassle 14 kids including her 2-year-old octuplets. and one kristen johnson of "third rock from the sun." tmz reports that she was on a flight from l.a. to new york with octomom and her kids and did the eight screaming 2-year-old annoyed her so much she asked octomom to keep it down. she asked kristen how she was supposed to do that to which she supplied, get more help at which time, octomom said, get a life. i happen to believe children are our future. octomom is 14 times more concerned about the future than the rest of us. wrap your mind around that li
her mom said she knew he'd be big but not this big. dak tors attribute his large size to gestational diabetes. his mom said he'll be fine. his dad says he sees football in his son's future. oh, yes. >> 16 pounds? >> 16 pounds. >> jermichael. she gave birth to a small man? >> what? >> that's giving birth to a small man, if they're that size. >> all right. >>> time now for our rediculist. tonight we're adding the octomom haters. all those who dare to...
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does it make a big difference? was there a little bit of sympathy, you think, that people felt as a result? >> whatever sympathy there was, listen to those answers again that you played, sanjay. and you'll see that yes, that might have been his general demeanor. very long pauses before answers. but when those answers came, they were clear, they were definitive. no, i don't take ultimate responsibility. i didn't do this. i was misled and betrayed. and the feeling generally from what i've read in the comment and the analysis is that whatever he may have on the surface looked like, here was rupert murdoch doing what he had to do, doing it honestly and sincerely about the million dollar hacking of the dead girl's phone. but obviously with a wider agenda. >> so jeff, i mean, so he apologized. he said he was humbled. but he did not take responsibility. what do you make of that, jeff toobin? >> i think his problem is not really legal at this point. it's a business problem. he has to figure out a way to keep control for hi
does it make a big difference? was there a little bit of sympathy, you think, that people felt as a result? >> whatever sympathy there was, listen to those answers again that you played, sanjay. and you'll see that yes, that might have been his general demeanor. very long pauses before answers. but when those answers came, they were clear, they were definitive. no, i don't take ultimate responsibility. i didn't do this. i was misled and betrayed. and the feeling generally from what i've...
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go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. it's me? alright emma, i know it's not your favorite but it's time for your medicine, okay? you ready? one, two, three. [ both ] ♪ emma, emma bo-bemma ♪ banana-fana-fo-femma ♪ fee-fi-fo-femma ♪ em-ma very good sweety, how do you feel? good. yeah? you did a really good job, okay? let's go back to drawing. >>> can you imagine if you were a mom and you go to a doctor toe deliver your baby and then that doctor kept your baby from you until you paid your hospital bill? i mean, it sounds crazy but in indonesia this actually happens a lot. this week's cnn hero has a solution. arizona native robin lim moved to indonesia to offer free birthing services to poor women. here's her story. >> the moment that a woman becomes pregnant in indonesia, she is 300 times more likely to die in the next 12 months than if she was not pregnant. if you have money you can get excellent medical services. but the poorest people don't always get the services the
go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. it's me? alright emma, i know it's not your favorite but it's time for your medicine, okay? you ready? one, two, three. [ both ] ♪ emma, emma bo-bemma ♪ banana-fana-fo-femma ♪ fee-fi-fo-femma ♪ em-ma very good sweety, how do you feel? good. yeah? you did a really good job, okay? let's go back to drawing. >>> can you imagine if you were a mom and you go...
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certainly there are also big signs that speaker boehner is facing a vocal rebellion among the gop ranks, among republican ranks. this morning on conservative talk radio he tried to rally the troops. >> is it true that you told some of the republican members this morning that you need to get your a word in line behind this debt ceiling bill? >> i sure did. listen, this is time to do what is doable. this bill isn't perfect. >> what have we got to do? >> just moments after he spoke those words from fellow republicans and tea party leaders were rallying against his bill outside the capitol. >> folks, we've got to hold the line. we've got to stand strong. we can't let down the people who elected us last november. >> we have the boehner proposal on the table. it will cut next year $1 billiobillion [ audience boos ] >> we are spending $1 billion an hour virtually. that is insignificant and not meaningful reform. >> tea party favorites rand paul and jim demint. one of the rally organizers saying compromise simply is not the answer. >> we do think compromise is a bad word. if you look at what's
certainly there are also big signs that speaker boehner is facing a vocal rebellion among the gop ranks, among republican ranks. this morning on conservative talk radio he tried to rally the troops. >> is it true that you told some of the republican members this morning that you need to get your a word in line behind this debt ceiling bill? >> i sure did. listen, this is time to do what is doable. this bill isn't perfect. >> what have we got to do? >> just moments after...
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>> well, this has become a very big subject in the law professor world. the 14th amendment is one of the most familiar parts of the constitution, guarantees due process of law, equal protection of the law. but there is frankly a provision in section 4 that i have never paid any attention to before. and it goes like this. section 4 of the 14th amendment said "the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned". now, i don't know exactly what that means. i don't think anybody knows precisely what that means. but it has been suggested that under that provision, president obama could simply order that the debt be paid and that this crisis be forestalled. he has mostly reject that option, but as far as i've read their statements, they have not completely rejected that option. obama has always said, look, i think this should be dealt with by congress, not by unilaterally under the 14th amendment. but under my reading of their statements, they haven't completely ruled out in a total crisis situation invoking the section of the amendment
>> well, this has become a very big subject in the law professor world. the 14th amendment is one of the most familiar parts of the constitution, guarantees due process of law, equal protection of the law. but there is frankly a provision in section 4 that i have never paid any attention to before. and it goes like this. section 4 of the 14th amendment said "the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned". now, i don't know exactly what that means....
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i don't tell my friends just how affordable it is cus to them i'm still the big roller, the big cheese, ya know? oh, emmitt. baby, what you doing? y-y-yeah! [ clears throat ] [ deep voice ] yeah, babe. in a second. takin' care of some business. it's surprising just how affordable an rv vacation can be. gorving.com and get a free video. or visit an rv dealer. go affordably. go rving. >>> back with the breaking news coverage. the battle over the debt ceiling tonight, house approved speaker boehner's plan by a razor thin margin but a short time later the senate killed it and plan put forward by senator leader harry reid will come up for doe bait on sunday. jessica yellin, kate bolduan, gloria borger and ali velshi. kate, have members of the congress left for tonight or is there still some kind of back room meeting going on? >> reporter: it seems they have call it a night at least for this evening. the house is back in at noon tomorrow and the senate's back in around the same time. but other than the very symbolic vote that you've been talking about, anderson, where the house is going to t
i don't tell my friends just how affordable it is cus to them i'm still the big roller, the big cheese, ya know? oh, emmitt. baby, what you doing? y-y-yeah! [ clears throat ] [ deep voice ] yeah, babe. in a second. takin' care of some business. it's surprising just how affordable an rv vacation can be. gorving.com and get a free video. or visit an rv dealer. go affordably. go rving. >>> back with the breaking news coverage. the battle over the debt ceiling tonight, house approved...
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you mentioned august 3rd, that big social security payment? according to many republicans, unless we default on an actual debt we don't have to get our debt downgraded. according to s & p and ben bernanke, if you default on any payment you're supposed to make, even if it's not to a bond holder you could face that. >> republicans who say, look, i don't buy it's this big catastrophe waiting to hit after august 2nd. >> reporter: they absolutely could be right. but anderson, you and i were together on september 15, 2008 after they decided a lot of smart people decided to let lehman brothers fail thinking it's not that big of a deal. i don't know which way it's going to go. i don't know if we should be playing with fire like this. >> john, what do you make of jessica's reporting that she's hearing mitch mcconnell is wanting president obama to be at the table in any negotiations? >> as a couple of political reasons for that in the sense that then you can't cut a deal then the white house will say we're going to try this. to move the goal post. the w
you mentioned august 3rd, that big social security payment? according to many republicans, unless we default on an actual debt we don't have to get our debt downgraded. according to s & p and ben bernanke, if you default on any payment you're supposed to make, even if it's not to a bond holder you could face that. >> republicans who say, look, i don't buy it's this big catastrophe waiting to hit after august 2nd. >> reporter: they absolutely could be right. but anderson, you and...
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we have a big show tomorrow. on the show, senate budget committee chairman kent conrad and congressman tom price from the budget committee, and former white house deputy press secretary bill burton and the new york times business reporter andrew sorkin and lawrence o'donnell host of "last word with lawrence o'donnell" on msnbc, and my colleague tamron hall is off today, and thomas roberts is standing in for her. >> we are following the latest at the white house where lawmakers are trying to come to a compromise. now in order to prevent default which is seven days away, what happens if america's credit rating is ultimately downgraded. >>> and david wu says he is resigning from office amid a sex scandal, but not immediately, and we will have details on "newsnation" up next. 3q double shift... i need a break. he needs some gellin'. yeahhhhhhh. gellin' is like having a teeny tiny foot masseuse in your shoe. you like ? nice ! dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles. outrageous comfort, all-day long. but afraid you can't af
we have a big show tomorrow. on the show, senate budget committee chairman kent conrad and congressman tom price from the budget committee, and former white house deputy press secretary bill burton and the new york times business reporter andrew sorkin and lawrence o'donnell host of "last word with lawrence o'donnell" on msnbc, and my colleague tamron hall is off today, and thomas roberts is standing in for her. >> we are following the latest at the white house where lawmakers...
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what's the big deal? >> and a naturalized u.s. citizen could be governor of arizona not perhaps tomorrow but it could happen. >> absolutely. [inaudible] born in mexico? >> and number of people born in mexico a lot in the position. >> needless to say not only mexicans but secretaries of state, etc.. >> we want to give everybody an opportunity for dialogue if you wouldn't mind raising your hand introducing yourself i'm going to start with the co-sponsor of this and then come back to jimmy. >> thank you. i'm the director of the program to america, and we have had a great collaboration with jorge and i had the privilege of editing to him from time to time at the various newspapers and it's always been an intellectual privileged to work with you and i really congratulate you on this book which is fantastic. i had the opportunity to finish it yesterday. i wanted to ask you, one of the most riveting passages was your description about the lack of social cohesion and civic engagement in mexico. when you look at the statistics of associati
what's the big deal? >> and a naturalized u.s. citizen could be governor of arizona not perhaps tomorrow but it could happen. >> absolutely. [inaudible] born in mexico? >> and number of people born in mexico a lot in the position. >> needless to say not only mexicans but secretaries of state, etc.. >> we want to give everybody an opportunity for dialogue if you wouldn't mind raising your hand introducing yourself i'm going to start with the co-sponsor of this and...
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[laughter] so i think it was a big mistake. and i think the more traditional way of doing things has been to avoid going beyond a limit in confrontation with the united states. and in that sense it's been wise. i don't think, though, that what i refer to in the book is really confrontation with third parties though i get brought into the confrontation with the united states in other forms. >> norm, and then we had a question right here. >> thank thank you. norman bailey. and thank you, jorge, i look forward with the greatest pleasure to reading the book. i'm going to disagree with something you said in response to a question, and then i'm going to ask a question. um, you said that if truck carrying the illegal immigrants is intercepted, they lose the truck, the immigrants and the money. they don't lose the money, the money's already been paid, and it's in mexico, okay? [laughter] and they don't give a damn about losing the truck and the people. that's totally immaterial. >> but then we agree it's good business. >> yes. [laughte
[laughter] so i think it was a big mistake. and i think the more traditional way of doing things has been to avoid going beyond a limit in confrontation with the united states. and in that sense it's been wise. i don't think, though, that what i refer to in the book is really confrontation with third parties though i get brought into the confrontation with the united states in other forms. >> norm, and then we had a question right here. >> thank thank you. norman bailey. and thank...
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that's a lot of big complicated ideas there but maybe you could unpack that for us 'cause i found that really at the heart of the arguments you're making here. >> this book and some of the others here but the aallowi is perhaps the most comprehensive of intellectuals of the muslim world for taking on this very, very seriously. and they have to have a great deal of respect because they are turning away from it. they are not giving us the easy answers. they are not putting any veils over things. and it really does come down to -- the only way i see it, it's very hard to see true muslims being able to do this. but there are some ideas here that are coming to the floor and i treat these as well that shows some indications that there is in islam, in even traditional islam, there are plenty of places to go in the theology of it where if you want to do it, you can find that -- what you want to do in terms of moving toward a more procedural more modern way can be done -- >> host: it does shrink the role and claims of its vis-a-vis safe. >> guest: the one thing that i think is the key to this a
that's a lot of big complicated ideas there but maybe you could unpack that for us 'cause i found that really at the heart of the arguments you're making here. >> this book and some of the others here but the aallowi is perhaps the most comprehensive of intellectuals of the muslim world for taking on this very, very seriously. and they have to have a great deal of respect because they are turning away from it. they are not giving us the easy answers. they are not putting any veils over...
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complex of building, helping, developing projects that's going on that really are designed to be one big branch stray teemingic thing wherever you look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state wherever they look, whether with iraq or iraq today or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to sell the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine are all within the concept of the international space system. that is, we don't have strong systems and things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground when i travel often to afghanistan is to be honest with all the power of the u.s. military, we have an up credibly well-led military, but in the end that's not enough to substitute for the poor government there is and the institutions provide, and it's like, you know, we're pushing this rock uphill and we just never quite get there. i'm sure you wouldn't disagree and it's hard to find anybody to defend president karzai's government. >> guest: that's true too. it brings us back to democratization and that proc
complex of building, helping, developing projects that's going on that really are designed to be one big branch stray teemingic thing wherever you look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state wherever they look, whether with iraq or iraq today or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to sell the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine are all within the concept of the international space system. that is, we don't have...
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older people who are semi retired, all kinds of social work, you could be a big brother or big sister, a million things that you don't have to have any money. all you need is your time and your love. >> what to do about the iphone? the iphone in between? all the technology the young are so dependent on. they have been split off from the older generations more than ever before. >> it will take a generation to adjust. a bit more information will lead to better information and will be better off more than worse off. i hope that is the case with cnn. we are going for one technological revolution after another particularly for the last 50 years. when you go back when we were born 70 years ago they didn't have television. they didn't have nuclear power. they didn't have computers. we had typewriters and carbon paper and telephone booths. we were lucky to have a phone or electricity. some people didn't have electricity. we have made tremendous progress technologically. our real challenge has been to keep up. to keep our social structure up to and able to cope with the technological advances
older people who are semi retired, all kinds of social work, you could be a big brother or big sister, a million things that you don't have to have any money. all you need is your time and your love. >> what to do about the iphone? the iphone in between? all the technology the young are so dependent on. they have been split off from the older generations more than ever before. >> it will take a generation to adjust. a bit more information will lead to better information and will be...
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you could be a big brother or big sister. there's just a million things he could do that you don't have to have any money. all you have to have his time in months. >> what e.g. do about the iphone in between? >> about that who? >> the iphone in between. >> all this technology with the young and our text messaging have been split off from the older generations more than ever before. >> well, it's going to take a generation for that to adjust. let's hope that more information will lead to better information and will be better off for it then worse off. i hope that the case for cnn. we've been going through one technological revolution for the last 50 years. i mean, you go back we were born, just seven years ago, they didn't have television. they didn't have nuclear power and nuclear weapons. they didn't have computers. i mean, we had typewriters and carbon paper. we were let me to have a phone or electricity. some people in america didn't have electricity. so you know, we made tremendous progress. we really have technologically
you could be a big brother or big sister. there's just a million things he could do that you don't have to have any money. all you have to have his time in months. >> what e.g. do about the iphone in between? >> about that who? >> the iphone in between. >> all this technology with the young and our text messaging have been split off from the older generations more than ever before. >> well, it's going to take a generation for that to adjust. let's hope that more...
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the middle of a huge complex, building, helping, developing projects that really is designed to one big grand strategic thing. were every look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state. wherever we are looking whether it is with iraq or iran today, or afghanistan, to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail. the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine, and they are all within the concept of this international state. that is, we don't have strong response of state. things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground, and i travel often to afghanistan, is to be honest, with all the power of the u.s. military, we have an incredibly confident and well led military. in the and that's not enough to substitute for the governance that the afghans and institutions provide. and so it's like, you know, pushing a rock up a hill. we just never quite get there. i'm sure you wouldn't disagree. it's hard to find anybody, -- >> guest: that is true. but good governance brings us back to something like democratization. so
the middle of a huge complex, building, helping, developing projects that really is designed to one big grand strategic thing. were every look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state. wherever we are looking whether it is with iraq or iran today, or afghanistan, to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail. the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine, and they are all within the concept of this international state. that is, we don't...
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he's a big fan. >> i'm from maryland originally. they've got a growing tea party movement, though. >> nice to meet you. >> pleasure meeting you. >> yes, please. tom. >> i is an current family in maryland. [inaudible conversations] for who clark thank you. >> hello. >> for more again? what he doing in washington? does this for you? i'm glad you were in town for that. was the graduation? >> students are graduating tomorrow. thank you very much. >> this way, sir. >> nice to meet you. sir with an h. >> you got it. >> what are we doing in libya? >> methane. >> thank you. nice to meet you, erica. he looks familiar. >> this is for my dad, hoss. that would be lovely. thank you for all you do. >> that's because i always play mine. >> struggling under the iran thing. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> what are you trying? >> the last person who had done that. >> no, i talked to the staff there. he's not gone. >> can you have a cocktail and then we can finish this? >> you look as great as ever. >> you also mention mccarthy.
he's a big fan. >> i'm from maryland originally. they've got a growing tea party movement, though. >> nice to meet you. >> pleasure meeting you. >> yes, please. tom. >> i is an current family in maryland. [inaudible conversations] for who clark thank you. >> hello. >> for more again? what he doing in washington? does this for you? i'm glad you were in town for that. was the graduation? >> students are graduating tomorrow. thank you very much....
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i've been anxiously awaiting for this particular program because i'm a big fan of ernest hemingway. several years ago, back in the '60s, a friend from the university of indiana sent me a copy of what was called "a man's credo" by ernest hemingway. i've never seen it published or heard about it from any source that i accessed and i was wondering if any viewer or your guests might have come across this. one of the quotes from the credo states, a long life oftentimes keeps man from his optimism. and i thought this was insightful given the fact that hemingway did commit suicide. i'll wait for your response. thank you. >> thanks very much. susan beegel is editor i should tell you. she teaches but she's also the editor of the hemingway review, which is published out at the university of idaho. she spent a lot of time with ernest hemingway's writing have you heard of a man's credo. >> i'm not familiar with it and i don't believe he wrote anything specifically titled to that. i would guess it might be a work where an editor had perhaps picked up quotations from hemingway and made a man's cr
i've been anxiously awaiting for this particular program because i'm a big fan of ernest hemingway. several years ago, back in the '60s, a friend from the university of indiana sent me a copy of what was called "a man's credo" by ernest hemingway. i've never seen it published or heard about it from any source that i accessed and i was wondering if any viewer or your guests might have come across this. one of the quotes from the credo states, a long life oftentimes keeps man from his...
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no big deal. ask the folks in florida, ask the folks in new orleans. ask the folks in gulfport, biloxi, people in california where the fires completely wiped out their homes. ask the people at ground zero. how long are you ready? i don't want y'all to become sicko like me and think about it all the time. my challenge to is this: think about the risk wherever you live and work. how prepared are you to deal with that risk? it doesn't have to be -- i know in washington the first thought is the biggest risk is terrorists. how many were here on 9/11? i wasn't. i heard the stories from people trying to get from their area just to get across the bridges. trying to get to mcclane. you didn't have to be at 9/11. it could have been a dirty bomb, some guy at 495 that has driven too long and taking out a substation. and the black out in '03 or '04 where it was a squirrel that took it out. all it has to be. everything thinks that, though fema, which owns no planes, trains, or automobiles, that the dhs will be there in a new york minute. there are 300 plus million p
no big deal. ask the folks in florida, ask the folks in new orleans. ask the folks in gulfport, biloxi, people in california where the fires completely wiped out their homes. ask the people at ground zero. how long are you ready? i don't want y'all to become sicko like me and think about it all the time. my challenge to is this: think about the risk wherever you live and work. how prepared are you to deal with that risk? it doesn't have to be -- i know in washington the first thought is the...
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no big deal. folks in florida, folks in new orleans, folks in biloxi, the fires completely wiped out their homes. ask the people at ground zero. how long now your ready? qaeda one you all to become sick and think about it all the time, but my challenge to you is this. think about the risk wherever you live, or every worker and how prepared you are to deal with that risk? i know in washington the first spot is the biggest risk is a terrorist incident. how many of you were here on september 11? how was it, but i heard the stories about people trying to get from this area across the bridges. some people trying to get to the plane and it's taking them eight or ten hours. he didn't have to be september 11th. dirty bomb, some guy that has just given away too long and takes out a substation. happens to be just the right substation. a blackout in of three your four. it was a squirrel or something that took it out. all it has to be. everybody thinks about that, fema which owns no planes, trains or automobi
no big deal. folks in florida, folks in new orleans, folks in biloxi, the fires completely wiped out their homes. ask the people at ground zero. how long now your ready? qaeda one you all to become sick and think about it all the time, but my challenge to you is this. think about the risk wherever you live, or every worker and how prepared you are to deal with that risk? i know in washington the first spot is the biggest risk is a terrorist incident. how many of you were here on september 11?...
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indeed, that would just give a blank check to the big spenders. they could run for two years. and why is it so important to get a longer debt, bigger debt ceiling increase? and i also thought and believe we have an agreement that the debt ceiling shouldn't be increased more than spending is decreaseed. spending decreased over ten years. you cut $1 trillion, you raise the debt ceiling $1 trillion. we give you ten years on spending cuts, but immediately you get a $1 trillion increase in the debt ceiling. why are we in this fix? this is why. i hate to say it. this is why, there is no doubt about it. the president said last week the only bottom line that i have is that we extend this debt ceiling through the next election until
indeed, that would just give a blank check to the big spenders. they could run for two years. and why is it so important to get a longer debt, bigger debt ceiling increase? and i also thought and believe we have an agreement that the debt ceiling shouldn't be increased more than spending is decreaseed. spending decreased over ten years. you cut $1 trillion, you raise the debt ceiling $1 trillion. we give you ten years on spending cuts, but immediately you get a $1 trillion increase in the debt...
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on the one hand we have people who say the government has grown too big. republicans are saying we cannot afford it anymore. it is hurting the economy. it's a vision for the future that is very, very different from our colleagues across the aisle who basically see government as much more engaged in the process and don't want to cut back on a number of programs, a number of initiatives, a number of policies that have been put in place over a number of years. and it's not quite that clearly divided by this aisle. there are people on both sides that have shades of one way or shades of the other way. but the reality is, if we look around the world and we lack at models as to what makes economies flourish and what makes governments financially stable, we see that an overgrowth of promises, an overpromising parliaments and congresses finally brings us to the point where you no longer can afford what you promise people. that's where we are now. and so without putting those practices in place, i fear that whatever we do won't be sufficient. we'll get the downgrade
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the floor here from the state of pennsylvania has come in and said defaulting on the debt is not that big a deal. it can be, quote in his words, easily managed. does the senator from arizona agree with that thinking? mr. mccain: as the senator may know, i came to the floor a couple of days ago and made that comment, and the senator from illinois and i are in agreement, point number one. you can prioritize -- i think the senator and every economist i know literally would agree. you can prioritize for awhile where you want what remaining money is left. but the message you send to the world, not just our markets but to the world, that the united states of america is going to default on its debts is a totally unacceptable scenario and beneath a great nation. we are in agreement, number one. mr. durbin: amen. mr. mccain: number two is that to insist, to insist that any agreement is based on the passage through the united states senate of a balanced budget amendment to the constitution of the united states, as i said before, is not fair to the american people because, because the terrible obstr
the floor here from the state of pennsylvania has come in and said defaulting on the debt is not that big a deal. it can be, quote in his words, easily managed. does the senator from arizona agree with that thinking? mr. mccain: as the senator may know, i came to the floor a couple of days ago and made that comment, and the senator from illinois and i are in agreement, point number one. you can prioritize -- i think the senator and every economist i know literally would agree. you can...
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apple wuss big, then it -- was big, then it went away for a while, then it was back again. so it should be obvious that the 1980s is back, and for various reasons i argue in the book, it is back. and i don't think it's just because of the nostalgia factor although that's certainly a factor. also there's some coincidences. i had mentioned on my radio show a couple days ago that the weird coincidence, although you may see it not just as a coincidence, that 25 years ago almost to the exact week and, certainly, to the exact month the united states military was bombing libya, and the world was wrapped with the detention about a nuclear meltdown at chernobyl. those two things happened almost exactly 25 years ago to the month. so as much of this is pop culture, some of it is very, very real. and what i argue in the book is that the popular culture of the 1980s, the iconography of the 1980s in many ways has inspired the way we hook at real world -- look at real world events and how real world, i guess you would call them actors, behave today. so here are just, again, some examples,
apple wuss big, then it -- was big, then it went away for a while, then it was back again. so it should be obvious that the 1980s is back, and for various reasons i argue in the book, it is back. and i don't think it's just because of the nostalgia factor although that's certainly a factor. also there's some coincidences. i had mentioned on my radio show a couple days ago that the weird coincidence, although you may see it not just as a coincidence, that 25 years ago almost to the exact week...
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but of course in the conflict of building, helping, developing projects going on designed to do one big strategic thing wherever you look in the middle east and that is to shore up the strength and responsiveness of the state's wherever we look whether it's iraq or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail, the idea of the two-stage solution for israel and palestine or all within the concept of the system and if we don't have strong response things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground and a travel to afghanistan is to be honest with all the power of the u.s. military you have an incredibly confident will lead military. in the and that's not enough to substitute for the government's of the afghan states and institutions provide and and pushing we just never quite get there. it's hard to find anybody -- >> guest: that's true, too. this brings us back to something like democratization and the culture in their view is going to be something where the people will have a way if you change those that are going to run their government. this is somethi
but of course in the conflict of building, helping, developing projects going on designed to do one big strategic thing wherever you look in the middle east and that is to shore up the strength and responsiveness of the state's wherever we look whether it's iraq or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail, the idea of the two-stage solution for israel and palestine or all within the concept of the system and if we don't have strong response things are going in the wrong...
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how big was it? how many people there in those days? >> rome was about half a million. >> was it, you say was it a republic? >> it was still a republic, yes. it was a republic. it had these assemblies. that had these people's tribunate. it had the senate. the senate was not elected by anybody, well, actually, that's not true. anybody, it's a strange aristocracy. it was somewhat her ed tarry, but it was also electoral. the way your family became an aristocratic family was whe if u had someone in your lineage who had been elected to the highest office which was council. roman council. there were two elected every year. and usually they were elected from the families that already were aristocratic families. >> how did rome fit into italy? >> rome, by this time, by the late republic, dominated all of italy. and there were struggles going on. ceasar was one of them. by people who wanted to extend citizenship beyond rome to much of italy. to the other provinces of italy. so that they would not be subjects, they would be citizens. >> define a
how big was it? how many people there in those days? >> rome was about half a million. >> was it, you say was it a republic? >> it was still a republic, yes. it was a republic. it had these assemblies. that had these people's tribunate. it had the senate. the senate was not elected by anybody, well, actually, that's not true. anybody, it's a strange aristocracy. it was somewhat her ed tarry, but it was also electoral. the way your family became an aristocratic family was whe...
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and so big bush said -- h.w. said when his son came back it was almost like having a reunion. >> guest: yes. >> host: and so son -- little bush must have felt at some level, you know, these were -- this was familiar territory for him. >> guest: right. well, it's interesting. a couple of quick points about that. when a new president takes over, of course, the house stays. it's not a turnover in the household staff. some people might not realize that they stay. >> host: right. >> guest: and when president clinton came into office after bush the elder president clinton, of course, was not accustomed to having servants or people on the household staff. he had never had that kind of -- had some of that in arkansas as governor but nothing like a wealthy american would have which the bushes were. so they didn't know how to deal with the household staff, hillary and bill clinton. and so they were wondering well, why are these staffers here at night? are they spying on us? what's this all about. and they didn't know they
and so big bush said -- h.w. said when his son came back it was almost like having a reunion. >> guest: yes. >> host: and so son -- little bush must have felt at some level, you know, these were -- this was familiar territory for him. >> guest: right. well, it's interesting. a couple of quick points about that. when a new president takes over, of course, the house stays. it's not a turnover in the household staff. some people might not realize that they stay. >> host:...